Latest posts by Andy Yee from October, 2009
China: Nobel Dream
This month, the Chinese press and online forums are saturated with coverage of Charles Kao’s winning of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Yet another overseas Chinese scientist has snatched the prestigious prize, this temporary moment of shared glory is quickly turned into a more profound question: when would China produce its first indigenous Nobel Prize winner?
China: Graduate thesis or practical training?
The purpose and function of university education has been a highly debatable topic both in the East and the West. In China, people strongly believe that education is a route...
China: Stopping people's grievances from visiting Beijing
The letter and visit petition system (xinfang) is an administrative system for hearing complaints and grievances from individuals in China. The state and local bureaus of letters and visits are...
